In 2026, the annual forum of the Sociedad Filarmónica de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria will focus on musicology and the figure of Lola de la Torre Champsaur. The two-day forum will take place at the Gabinete Literario in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
On Monday 9 November, the programme begins at 17:00 with a musical prelude performed by pupils from the Conservatorio Profesional. This will be followed at 17:30 by a talk by Isabel Saavedra Robaina on Lola de la Torre. A panel discussion with Mª Teresa Aldunate and Fernando Bautista Vizcaíno is scheduled for 18:30. The programme concludes at 19:30 with a guided tour, 'La ciudad de Dña. Lola de la Torre', led by the official chronicler Juan José Laforet.
On Tuesday, 10 November, the second day of the forum will also begin at 17:00 with a performance by students from the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Canarias. At 17:30, Arminda López Déniz will speak on the study and research of music. A debate with Teddy Bautista and Jorge Perdigón, moderated by Elsa Guerra, is scheduled for 18:15. At 19:15, the First Sociedad Filarmónica Music Critics' Prize will be presented and the competition announced.
The day will conclude at 20:00 at the Teatro Pérez Galdós with the Orquesta Renacimiento's anniversary concert.
